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Space Elevator Conference Prompts Lofty Questions

Posted by timothy on from the put-the-new-toys-on-the-credit-card dept.

itwbennett writes "Even the most ardent enthusiasts gathered at the annual Space Elevator Conference on Friday don't expect it to be built anytime soon, but that doesn't stop them from dreaming, planning, and trying to solve some of the more vexing problems. One of the trickiest questions is who's going to pay for the operational costs when an elevator is eventually built. 'It's been nine years we've been looking for someone' to study that, said Bryan Laubscher, one of the leading space elevator enthusiasts and principle at Odysseus Technologies, a company working on high-strength materials."

3 of 212 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Elevator to nowhere by wmbetts · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fine then! When it's built you can't ride it!

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    "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". - stolen from Dan C alt.os.linux.slackware
  2. Re:A virus!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    A few years ago I contracted a virus called linux. It gave me Open Sores.

    FYP

  3. Re:panax by PwnzerDragoon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shit, we lost another one. I keep telling them to be more careful where they drop those ropes.